Chapter 4

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Zoya: Bataye Mr.Khan woh kaun hai pls boliye Mr.Khan pls.

Asad: Woh koi aur nahi hai Ms.Farooqui yeh hai

Saying so he pointed out to Gaffur

Asad: Gaffur Ahmed Siddiqui

Asad voice echoed in the silence that pertained in the room due to the shock of the news and realisation that dawned upon everyone.

Zoya could not accept what she heard now. She was so shocked that all this time when she was trying to find him almost 6 months she never thought that he would be so close yet so far from him. She couldn't believe her ears, all this time ya allah all this time he was so near to her.When she searched for him all over bhopal like a mad woman. Sadak sadak doond tha. Priorily she prepared herself what she would speak her abbu when she met him. Even last time she prepared herself to face but that unfortunate news of him being dead left everything midair. Him being dead. Mr.Khan took her himself to graveyard and told him he was dead but now.

Zoya: Mr.Khan lekin aapne mujhe pehle kahaata that he was dead. We even went to the graveyard too right. Then how come you say he is alive. Pls speak up Mr.Khan, pls pls pls

Asad: Woh ek galat information hai Ms.Farooqui, lekin iss baar yeh sach hai. Here take the photographs and ask him yourself.

Saying so he handed the photographs from his pocket and gave it to her. Taking it from him she was hesitant to walk towards him.

Everyone in the room was dead silent. Razia felt as though she was being pulled down from under the ground.

All her clever plans has been destroyed. All her devious plan was put to ground. Yeh kambhat ladhki aur uski ammi mera picha  nahi chodhege. As she saw zoya walk relunctantly towards gaffur she knew she had to do something.

She pulled zoya as she nearly reached gaffur and shook her furiously of which the photograph fell at gaffur's feet.

Zoya: Ae ladki kya lagta hai hai tujhe woh kuch kahani banalegi aur tum maankar unki paas poochnekeliye jaarahi ho. Bewakuf kahi ki

Everyone stood there rooted up to their to places and didn't know what to do. Ayaan and Rashid were the first to recover and rushed over to protect zoya from razia.

Ayaan: Choodiye usse mumani, yeh aap kya karahiyo. pls usse jaane dijiye pls

Rashid:Haan bhabhi usse jaane dijiye, chodiye uska haath

Both ayaan and rashied were successful in taking zoya away from razia's reach.

Ayaan: Aap ye kya karihiye hai let her ask him herself. Why are you interfering in it???

Rashid: If it's the truth then let zoya know it from bhaijaan

Razia hoped that if she could create a scene then gaffur would hesitate about this whole fiasco. She knew that he was very much aware of the fact that how much she hated his first wife and his daughter. She was sure that he wouldn't want to spoil his in front of everyone. Because for him izzat meant much more than his daughter.

So she thought she herself would control this whole situation

Razia: Aap log bhi iss bhaat se seimat hai ki yeh ladhki mere shauhar ki beti. Koi bhi aate jaate ladhki aakar mere shaukhar ki bete bolegi aap log maan jayengi kya??

Rashid: Bhabhi!!!! zoya koi aaate jaate ladhki nahi hai

Razia:Haan hai woh ek naajayaz aulat

Gaffur: Raaazzia

Everyone was so shocked to hear gaffur's stern shout.

Gaffur: Woh koi naajayaz aulat nahi hai, woh meri beti hi hai

He was holding the photograph in his hand while his eyes whelled as he looked at zoya

Gaffur:Woh koi naajayaz aulat nahi hai, woh meri beti hi hai beti hai beti hai woh meri.

The place went into further silence as everyone was so confused. Everyone was dazed and confused by this whole thing and looked puzzly at each other. Gaffur started narrating his story.

Gaffur:25 yrs before I had to go to US for an important business deal. There I happened to meet Zainab (Zoya's mother) accidently. Unki saath meri mulakat ithafaq se hui thi. Kaam ki silsila mein mujhe wahan kuch saal keliye ruknapada. Tabhi hum dono ki beech ki mulakat nikkaah mein khatam hua. Hum dono nikkaah karli aur humari ek beti hui thi. Main janti thi meri abbu aur meri parivaar kabhi bhi iss rishtey keliye ahaan nahi bolungi. Issilye mujhe iss rishtey ko kuch waqt keliye sabse chupana tha. Kuch 2 saal aise hi beetah tha. Phir humari business bhi wahan kaam karna chood diya tha. Issilye humme woh wajah lekar US nahi jaa paya tha. Phir bohot menat karke hum wahan vaapas gayi thi un dono ko yehan laane keliye. Par jab hum wahan gayiti toh humme pata chala zainab or zoya dono kahi chali gayithi. Meine bohot doonda tha un dono ko, lekin woh kahi par nahi mili. Humari dono ki rishtey ki baaremein kiski ko nahi pata tha. Kyun ki hum hi manaya zainab ko na baatein se. Bohot koshish ki thi par woh dono nahi miley aur humme india wapas aana pada. Humere parivaar ne humain bohot maana ke humari dobara nikkah karvaya razia se. Itne saal hogaiyi par phir bhi woh humare yaad mein judhi hai ye dono.

Gaffur thought he should acknowledge the truth that zoya is his daughter because he has already lost her once and he cannot afford to do the same again. Furthermore he knew he couldn't confess the whole truth about zoya's past because not only razia but he is also responsible for that gunnah. Also he could not afford to earn the hate of zoya or his other daughter humeira. Hence he fabricated the story a little bit and changed to his advantage.

Razia who was also shocked by this whole revelation felt relieved that gaffur did not reveal she was the one who killed zoya's mother. She thought although this was worst it was not way worst than she thought.

Gaffur: I know mere galati ki wajah se bohot sari zindagi ko mushkilein mila. I didn't do it on purpose but I try to sort it but failed. 

He slowly moved towards zoya with tears in his eyes.

Gaffur: Beta I know aap ki meri wajah se kitni dard mila hoga. us keliye I am sorry beta.

Zoya couldn't control her tears anymore she hugged gaffur and started pour her eyes out.

Everyone was so moved by the whole incident 

Zoya: Aapko milana meri zindagi ki sabse badi chhaahat thi, ab jab mujhe aap mil gayi hai mujhe yahin nahi horaha hai. aaj jab aap mujhe finaaly milgayi hai mujhe aur kuch nahi chahiye.

Gaffur: Beta aap ko pata hai kitne mannatein mene maangi hai aapko milne keliye aur aaj woh saari mannatein puri ho chuki hai.

They were hugging and wiping each others tears while everyone looked happy and emotional towards each other. They were finally happy to see that zoya has reached her maksat finally after all this years.

Gaffur:  Par beta zainab??? ( he asked so that no one will doubt him)

Zoya: Abbu unki entakaal hogaya hai. She is no more.

Gaffur: Kya???

Zeenat and anwar came up and spoke

Zeenat: Ji kaala aapko doond ne keliye zoya ko lekar yehan aayi thi par unki ek fire accident mein entakaal hogaiyi thi. Lekin allah ka shukar hai zoya ko kuch nahi hua tha. She was found in an orphange when my mother traced her back and we adopted her and took her back to america and she has been with us since then. 

Anwar: Usski tamannaah thi woh aapko doondun. That's why she came here to India, aur since then she was trying to find out about you.

Gaffur: Ya allah itna sab kuch hua hai aur iski wajah meri beti ko kitna dard hua hoga.

He geninuenly felt bad for zoya as well as guilty for hiding the truth from her which made him even more sure about the fact that he was not going to spend anymore time away from her

Gaffur: Ab tumhe main kabhi bhi dooor nahi jaane deinge. Tum hamara paas hi rahogi.

Saying so he took her towards razia and humeira and spoke up

Gaffur: I know hearing this you both would be hurt too but just try to forget it and let's be a family

Although hearing the truth first hurt humeira but still after hearing both her abbu and zoya's story she felt really bad for them. She knew she always felt a connection to zoya since the college incident but she was so happy that she has a elder sister and that too zoya.

She came forward and hugged zoya which shocked zoya too much. Zoya thought finally she was happy she got what she always wanted a family.She got her abbu back and in addition she got a little sister too. Now she has her own family like everyone else. Both the sisters were geninuely happy for each other and hugged each other lovingly. Razia had no other option but to stand there quiet. If she opened her mouth she would spoil things even more. Now even humeira has acknowledged zoya. So she has to plan everything slowly. So for the time being she was to stay quiet.

Gaffur seeing his both daughter together could not ask for anything more. He was glad both the sunshine of his life were together finally.He finally got back what her yearned for these 17 years.

Everyone was so happy looking at the scene unfold in front of them. Zoya could not hold it anymore. She ran around like a mad girl shouting and squealing to everyone and proclaimed about her abbu finally meeting him. She ran to Rashid and ayaan first.

Zoya: Dekha aapne dost mere abbu mil gayi hai.

           Dekha ayaan mujhe mere abbu mujhe milgaye hai

They both laughed at her and rashid blessed her wholeheartedly.

Then she ran to zeenat and anwar. She hugged zeenat and cried happily

Zoya: Dekha aapne aapi meri itni din ki intezaar ab mujhe phaal leke aayi hai.

           Jiju mujhe meri abbu mil chuki hai, jiju

Zeenat and anwar where so ecstatic because they always know her pain behind her smile and were happy for.

Then she reached dilshaad and najma and hugged them ferrociously and shouted

Zoya: Phuphi meri abbu mujhe milgayi hai phuphi milgayi hai. Aapko toh pata hai maine kitni arzzoo kia tha apni abbu ko milne keliye. Ab woh finally milchuki hai.

           See tamaatar I got my abbu.

Dilshaad was looking at her like a proud mother and could not be anymore happy for her as was najma.

And then she finally reached asad.

Zoya: Mr.Khan dekiye mujhe meri abbu milchuki hai Mr.Khan. You know right what I had to got through for this day, you right hoow much dreamed about this all along. Aaj woh finally meri saamne hai Mr.Khan. I just can't believe it you know. Meri tadap meri daard ko aaj finally ek answer mila hai Mr.Khan. Thankyou so much Mr.Khan you have always been there for me in times where no was. You helped me a great deal in finding him and today finally you made me meet him. It was all you Mr.Khan. It was all because of you. thankyou so much.Dekhiye na mujhe meri abbu milgayi hai , aaye dekhiye.

Saying so she pulled him along with her towards her abbu. But was shocked he did not move. She turned at look back at him in shock.

Zoya: Kya hua Mr.Khan what happened???

While asking the question she realised the truth that was going to dawn upon her and so did everyone.

She knew how much Mr.Khan hated Gaffur for what he did to his ammi years ago. She knew how much he hated him for taking his abbu away from him and his ammi. She stood there rooted to the spot looking at asad who showed no remorse in his expression and stood still just like her.
Everyone was waiting with bated breath as to what asad's decision will be. All of them realised that this revealation is going to bring about a great change hereafter.

Zoya did not know what was going in asad's mind nor could she assume what was going.Even everyone standing there could not asad decide at this moment.

She moved slowly towards asad.

Zoya: Mr.Khan main woh aapse

She was mid sentence by asad

Asad: Siddiqui saab main chahati hun ki aap aapki beti ko apne saath le jaye

Zoya felt as though he put a knife to her heart

Zoya: Mr.Khaaann

Precap: Asad and Zoya ka juda. Zoya's confession.